Lightning Bolt track coach Garlynn Boyd, who was instrumental in the development of Olympic sprinter Trayvon Bromell and former Florida hurdler TJ Holmes, had died. Boyd, a former state champion in the shot put at Dixie Hollins High, started the Lightning Bolt Track Club in 1991. Her youth program turned out some of the top […]
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Crouched in a three-point stance, Trayvon Bromell took off on a mad dash. The former Gibbs and Baylor standout showed off his blistering start, his perfect form and his smooth finish, all while working with a resistance band tied around his waist. Bromell posted the sprint on his Twitter page along with a title: Bullet. […]
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Alonso’s Sowande Walker has committed to Florida International’s track program. The senior will specialize in the discus for Panthers coach Ryan Herberling. Walker, who recently graduated, is the Ravens’ record holder in the discus with a throw of 170 feet, 07 inches (51.84 meters) at a meet three months ago. That mark was tops among […]
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The Hillsborough scholar athletes are typically announced during an awards presentation. Because of COVID-19, the winners were revealed virtually this year. Each public school in the county picked a senior female and male student-athlete. The winners received a plaque and a $1,000 check. Alonso Alexis Gyselinck Sports: Flag football, soccer GPA: 7.0 SAT: 1,540 College: […]
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Jesuit has long been known as a school with a sterling academic reputation. Of the 200 in this year’s graduating class, 82 are summa cum laude, 40 are magna cum laude and 23 are cum laude. Another thing people should know by now is that Jesuit also has become a jock juggernaut. During the fall […]
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Dixie Hollins announced a multi-year partnership with Under Armour Women and BSN Sports to outfit its girls sports programs. The Rebels are the pilot school in Pinellas County for the Women of Will, a high school sports campaign sponsored by BSN and Under Armour. Besides receiving gear and patches, Dixie Hollins girls teams will have […]
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After public backlash, the supplements Pasco County coaches receive in spring sports are being reinstated. The move reverses the plan the county initially made after the Florida High School Athletic Association decided to officially cancel spring sports. Administrators were not going to pay football coaches the roughly 30 percent of their overall supplement they receive […]
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The decision was inevitable. With public and private schools remaining closed, spring sports had no wiggle room to squeeze in even an abbreviated postseason schedule. For many teams, their season lasted just a handful of games in February and March. Football programs did not even get that. Their spring season was supposed to start April […]
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For the first time in more than 100 years, the Florida High School Athletic Association will not hold season-ending tournaments or meets to crown a state champion in any spring sport. The state’s governing body for high school sports announced Monday that spring sports (baseball, boys volleyball, boys weightlifting, flag football, lacrosse, softball, tennis and […]
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The Florida High School Athletic Association announced the 24 student-athletes selections to the Florida Dairy Farmers Academic All-State Team. Two area seniors, Academy of the Holy Names’ Megan Hughes and Cambridge Christian’s Mikal Willeke, were each honored. As academic all-state honorees, Hughes and Willeke will each receive a $1,700 scholarship along with a collective medallion. […]
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